Textile Progress provides a critical and comprehensive examination of the origination and application of developments in the textile industry and its products.
The authors of this contribution are Dr. A.M. Elbadawi, who was formerly Research Officer at the University of Ulster, and Dr. J.S. Pearson, who is Head of the Department of Textiles in the University of Huddersfield, UK.
This issue briefly discusses conventional and modern wet-processing systems of textile finishing, with particular reference to low-add-on systems, and then considers in more detail the advantages of using foam technology to replace them. Foam characteristics, foam-processing technology and foam-finishing technology are discussed.